Bracelets Galore

 Greys

 Peridot greens

 Saphire blue mix

 Saphire pearl

 Tanzanite silver

 Tanzanite amthyst

 6 spirals

 black copper

 

 

Here are some of the bracelets I am currently completing.  First one was the black/copper.  I did not complete the saphire/pearl as it wasn't a pleasing combination to me.  If I teach this bracelet I will make up kits to keep it simple for students.  As you can see they each take on a different look depending on what is used in combination.

 



Paint the Beach Highlights

 Gala Crowd

 Demo pastel painting

 Quick Draw winner Neil Walling w Georgia

 

 

Paint the Beach was a great success with 51 artists registered to participate.  They all had fun working on their visions of the town in spite of rain and windy days.  The challenge is to create a work of art working outside the studio and most rose to the occasion producing beautiful paintings. 

 

The gala was well attended with delicious food and beautiful music.  Judge Kevin Dean chose varied medias and styles for the awards, well deserved.  Saturday's quick draw was a 2 hour painting challenge and all enjoyed the venue of Times Square.  Many had visitors peering over their shoulders and ended up selling the paintings to them at the end.  I did a pastel of our sponsor Al Durrett's dog Grady and gave it to him for a thank you gift.

 

 

Everyone is already talking about "next year" so that means our time was well spent.  Now to get back to "normal" and do a bit of painting myself.   I will focus on pastels which I will take to France in the spring.  Plus my ego was boosted by winning an Honorable Mention for the pastel of Pilgrim Haven Preserve Beach  (Lake Michigan)   ..a first from FMBAA for pastel.

Paint the Beach Submissions-Deleted!

 



Catching Up....

Thanks to all the hard work this summer and Jeff's hard campaigning..as well as his great qualifications, Getting for Prosecutor was a super success and won the day!!

The win wasn't finalized until early on Wednesday morning but his opponent conceeded to Jeff's victory.  Now he will begin his plan for the prosecutor's office and take some time to spend with his family.

Thanks to everyone who helped walk in parades, post signs, wear t-shirts around, attend events and especially my earring makers!!

We are currently in the midst of the Paint the Beach event here in Florida.  Two days of painting have passed with varied weather.  Artists learned to paint between rain drops on the first day but enjoyed mostly sun yesterday.  I have completed two paintings which I will critique then frame today.  Tomorrow will be spent at the tent as the paintings are returned by the artists and judged.  Big party tomorrow evening and more events on Saturday.  I'll post a few photos as I can.